Tag: School abduction

Just In! Bandits kidnap scores of students in Bethel School, Kaduna

Aminu Imam

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday morning invaded Bethel Secondary School, in Maramara, Chickun local government area of Kaduna State, and abducted scores of students. The affected secondary school is a boarding school located on the outskirts of Kaduna. The security guard in the school, Daniel Muhuta, while speaking on the development, said, “I escaped narrowly. They came around 1.00 am and started shooting. I was at the back of the school domentary when I heard shooting and decided to lie down”. As of the time of filing this…

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Niger Islamic School: ’15 abducted teachers have escaped’, Headmaster discloses

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The headmaster of Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger State, Abubakar Alhassan has disclosed that 15 of the teachers abducted from the school have escaped from captivity. This was stated by Alhassan when the State governor, Abubakar Bello, met with parents of the abducted schoolchildren at the palace of Emir of Kagara, yesterday. Recall that many students and teachers were abducted from the school, located in Tegina town in Rafi LGA of the State on May 30. The bandits had demanded N110m ransom for the release of the 156 abducted…

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Insecurity: Lawan decries worsening abduction of school children in North

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Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has decried the abduction of school children in the northern part of the country, noting that it is worsening the poor state of education in the region. Speaking to newsmen at the weekend, during the First Solo Exhibition of Paintings and Photographs by the son to Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe, Stephen Binos, in Adamawa, Lawan said that insecurity is a national challenge which requires all hands to be on deck. According to him, “This is a situation that needs all hands on deck regardless of what…

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Niger: 15 kidnap victims of Islamic school outwit captors, escape from forest stronghold

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No fewer than fifteen people recently kidnapped by bandits in Tegina town, Niger State, at the weekend have escaped from their captors. The 15 were among the adults abducted along with the 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamic School more than two weeks ago. Recall that it was reported that after their abduction, the adults were separated from the children and taken into Zamfara forests while the children were kept in another location yet unknown. It was reliably learnt that on Friday night, the 15 victims managed to open…

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Insecurity: Kebbi shuts 7 schools three days after abduction of students

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Kebbi State governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has directed indefinite closedown of frontline schools, following the abduction of 110 students and staff of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, on Thursday. Chairman of the State chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers, ( NUT), Isah Arzika, who confirmed the governor’s directive yesterday. Recall that the bandits attacked the school on Thurdsay afternoon and took away the students and staff, and killing a policeman in the process. The State government’s Joint Security Task Force, comprising the military and other security agencies, has so far…

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Just In: 15 kidnap victims of Niger Islamic school outwit captors, escape from forest stronghold

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 15 people recently kidnapped by bandits in Tegina town, Niger State, at the weekend have escaped from their captors. The 15 were among the adults abducted along with the 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamic School more than two weeks ago. Recall that it was reported that after their abduction, the adults were separated from the children and taken into Zamfara forests while the children were kept in another location yet unknown. It was reliably learnt that on Friday night, the 15 victims managed to open…

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Kebbi College attack: ‘Some students, teachers have been rescued’ – Gov. Bagudu

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The Kebbi State government says some of the students and teachers kidnapped from the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, have been rescued. The State governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this in a communique issued late yesterday. According to Governor Bagudu, the security to life and property of the citizenry remain the utmost priority of his administration. Bagudu further stated that a premium has been placed on the provision of logistics and the necessary equipment to security agencies to waging total war against banditry and all acts of criminality until normality and…

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Abducted Kebbi student shot dead

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…”Attackers are not Nigerians”, says student  One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State, on Thursday has been shot dead during a gun duel between soldiers and the abductors. The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North-West zone, Air Commodore Abubakar AbdulKadir, confirmed this to reporters in Zamfara State yesterday. According to him, four students and a teacher were rescued during the operation. “In the early hours of this morning, we have come across the kidnappers. They came to our blocking…

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Breaking! Abducted Kebbi student shot dead

Aminu Imam

One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, on Thursday has been shot dead during a gun duel between soldiers and the abductors. The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North-West Zone, Air Commodore Abubakar AbdulKadir, confirmed this to reporters in Zamfara State on Friday. According to him, four students and a teacher were rescued during the operation. “In the early hours of this morning, we have come across the kidnappers. They came to our blocking point, and we engaged…

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Kebbi: Bandits invade FGC, Birnin-Yauri, abduct female students

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…Police launches manhunt for abductors Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State and abducted an unspecified number of female students. Details of the incident are still sketchy but according to reports, a security operative was shot dead during the operation. The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said to have stormed the school from neighbouring Rijau Forest in the early hours of yesterday. They were said to have overpowered the mobile policemen guarding the school. The Kebbi State Police Command said its…

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